Green Jobs Now!

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Comment by Mike Anthony Fernald Sr. on March 2, 2009 at 3:38am

Dear Friends

I have a Plan

Im going to get a little personal about me with you.
I Just finished a Drywall & Paint Job and realized the awesome earning potential I have within my grasp If I had 10 or more people just like me we could increase profits 10 fold maybe more. Im not saying this to soloist anyone or sell anything this is just a possible solution to raise capital to advance our projects like Energy Bonds Green Jobs and promote the best of our best Ideas. For 30 years I have been meeting all my family needs within my means with just the help of my wife.
My thought is this lets all network with one another our jobs what we do best refering one another for work and taking 10% or what ever of the job refered and put 5% into a We the People Account & the other 5% to the one who refered the job.
Mr. Pickens has spent over 50 Million of his own Money, Tell me why we all can't pull together and do this. I think most of us here part of the 77 Million Baby Boomers, I have 10-15 years left in me to sucure our Grandkids Furture.

So what do you think ?
Am I Dreaming :o} Or can we or are we willing. The only Power the Government has over us is what We the people Give them.
I'm really afraid of what I'm seeing where they are going.

Comment by Leslie G. on February 28, 2009 at 2:08pm

Huge solar plant under construction in DeSoto County, my son in law is workinghere.

Comment by Vicki (Skaggs) Cochrane on February 23, 2009 at 4:56pm

Any suggestions on credible alternative energy training courses in the central to south Florida area, would be greatly appreciated. Every time I get on line to research the courses available, more seem to be springing up. I am looking at this as a career change and I would rather not waste my money or my time with the fly by night operations, that I am sure will become more prevalent in the near future. It seems everybody and their brother is on here selling their wares; I'm looking at a future for my daughter and I.
Thanks, for anyone that has suggestions ...Vicki

Comment by Ted Wallace on February 23, 2009 at 11:20am

The meeting went well. It ran a bit long and I never heard the instructions Boone promised he would have for us, no doubt it is "Contact your congressman". Good plan and he has a very good new ad re: Europe's dependence on Russian gas.

Comment by Kat on February 23, 2009 at 5:40am

TODAY...The nation's most important leaders in energy reform are gathering with T. Boone Pickens at the National Clean Energy Project Summit to tackle the critical issues of ushering in a new era of renewable energy and ending our dependence on foreign oil. This event will feature a lot of people who know what they are talking about when it comes to energy policy - including John Podesta from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Climate Czar Carol Browner, Owens-Corning CEO Michael Thaman, American Electric Power President & CEO Mike Morris, Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope, American Wind Energy Association CEO Denise Bode, Riverkeeper Alliance Chief Prosecuting Attorney Robert Kennedy, Jr. and many others.

Watch the live roundtable discussion on Monday, Feb. 23, at 10:15 a.m. ES

Comment by Robert Jungmann on February 22, 2009 at 6:42pm

let's have the pharmaceutical industry and the northern california cash crop growers sit down together to finger out how to legalize, mass produce, tax and build a profitable, sustainable,healthy business together.
% of profits go to solar, wind, geo-thermal, bio-fuel and sustainable resources!

Comment by Edward on February 20, 2009 at 5:32am

Christina White/Copy Chief
Students from colleges around Georgia rallied at the state capitol yesterday as a part of their efforts to lobby for more “green” jobs and other environmental initiatives.
Around 30 students from Georgia colleges donning green hard hats and holding “Green Jobs Now” signs rallied on the steps of the state capitol building yesterday to raise awareness for bills supporting renewable energy and sustainability.

“Invest in our future. Invest in Georgia’s future. Put Georgians back to work in green jobs — jobs that not only improve our state’s economy but also improve and protect our environment,” Ryan Jones, College senior and president of the Emory Environmental Alliance, said at the rally.

Metro Atlanta Students for Sustainability (MASS) organized the rally promoting House Bill 276 and Senate Bill 147.

“[MASS] is a very loose coalition of different Atlanta-area college students and campus environmental leaders who get together on a regular basis and use their collective resources to plan events or plug into events that are already happening,” Jones said.

House Bill 276 would “prohibit the purchase or use of coal extracted by mountaintop removal coal mining for the generation of electricity,” according to the Georgia General Assembly website.

This bill, along with Senate Bill 147, which would “provide for portfolio standard goals for renewable and recoverable energy and energy efficiency,” are pending in the Georgia Legislature.

“Senate Bill 147 will be a great bill to pass in Georgia because it will really drive the creation of a clean energy economy in the states. Over 50 percent of states currently have renewable portfolio standards on their books,” Jones said, which mandates that utilities get a certain amount of their energy from renewable sources.

The students, from colleges such as Agnes Scott College, Georgia Tech, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University and Emory, ended the rally with a “green” rendition to “Brr! It’s Cold in Here,” and sung, “It’s hot in here. There’s too much carbon in the atmosphere.”

Jones expressed doubt that House Bill 276 would get passed, as it is not projected to get through the preliminary committee for it to be heard by the House.

“But, if Georgia was to do this, Georgia could go from being a laggard in these areas to being one of the more progressive states ... in environmental opportunities,” Jones said. “This will involve weaning ourselves off coal, the source of 74 percent of our electricity last year.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the National Weather Channel’s “Earth Tomorrow,” Georgia Public Broadcasting and Atlanta Progressive News filmed the rally.

“Gaining momentum through media attention and just speaking up and introducing a minority opinion in the Georgia House was the end goal [of the bill’s sponsors] and something they were very successful in accomplishing,” Jones said. “That clears the way that much more for this bill to be passed next year or the year after.”

College senior Daniel Spiller, who organized the event, said passing these bills is important because mountaintop-removal coal mining, or blasting mountaintops into nearby valleys to reveal coal underneath, is damaging to the environment.

“Coal in general is a 19th-century solution to energy,” Spiller said. “We are interested in exposing the real costs and that renewable energy is actually feasible.”

After the rally, the students waited in the capital for the House and Senate to adjourn for lunch, but the Senate remained in session. Some student lobbyists were able to speak with legislators on the bills, but most senators were unavailable.

“We weren’t able to get quite as many legislators to come by and talk to us as we hoped,” Jones said.

The EEA is sponsoring another “green” initiative at PowerShift ‘09 in Washington, D.C., next weekend, where close to 30 Emory students will join a total of 10,000 people lobbying for national climate legislation and a strong international climate treaty, Jones said.

“It’s going to take a while to change opinions and change public opinion ... but that’s what we’re working towards,” Jones added.

Comment by Nick Nelson on February 18, 2009 at 10:59pm

Midwest Biogas, LLC is proud to offer ground floor opportunities in the following areas.

Three site managers with a proven work history in anaerobic digestion and it would be a plus if you also had some exposure to solid waste management and gasification.

VP of Sales and Marketing - must have a background in brokering commodities - will over see Sales of biomethane, electricity, fertilizer and carbon credits as well as our Marketing and Public Relations which includes managing our web site.

VP of Scientific Development - will over see our feed stock testing laboratory as well as be responsible for our central monitor facility and troubleshooting of operating systems

VP of Feed Stock Procurement

CFO

Director of Human Resources - will be responsible for all employee relations for a 500+ employee corporation spaning many locations.

If you are interested in one of the above positions please address your cover letter and resume to my attention at

Midwest Biogas, LLC
558 Third Street
Gaylord, MN 55334

or e-mail to Midwest_Biogas@Hotmail.com

Sincerely,

Nick Nelson
President

Comment by South Dakota Wind Energy on February 9, 2009 at 10:54am

A MUST SEE

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/

Comment by Thomas Peterson on February 5, 2009 at 6:54pm

Sorry for my low profile here, but soon after joining this group, I started the new group “SEE (Super Energy Efficient) Housing for Existing and New Homes”. I have been tied up there, posting information and responding to the many comments that have been made by the growing membership of that group.

Today, I posted the first chapter of the book that I am writing on SEE Housing and I invite you to take a look at it. Creating jobs and saving our economy is a big part of what SEE housing is all about. The building of new and especially the remodeling of older homes to SEE standards has the potential to quickly create literally several million of mostly “non-exportable” United States jobs in the Manufacturing, Distribution, and Construction sectors of our economy. These are jobs that will last for decades.

I would appreciate getting feedback on what you think of SEE concepts and the SEE group, as well as any questions or comments that you might have about SEE housing and how it can quickly add many jobs to our economy.

The more people that support SEE, the quicker we will adds jobs to our economy!

Thomas

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